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Calabria or Calavria, is a region in southern Italy,south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian peninsula. To the north is the region of Basilicata, to the south-west is the region of Sicily, to the west bis the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east is the Ionian Sea.
he region covers 15,080 km² and has a Beach,_Calabria,_Italy.jpgpopulation of 2 million. The regional capital is the city of Catanzaro. The other two main cities are Reggio Calabria and Cosenza. If you are born in Calabria you would be classified as Calabrian, just like if you live in Australia, you are Australian.
To travel to Italy from Melbourne, it takes about 19 hours of travel by plane and costs about
$2000 or more.
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Italy is shaped like a boot, and Calabria is situated at the toe of the boot. Calabria is made up of five. places; Cosenza, Crotone, Catanzaro, Vibo Valentina and Reggio di Calabria.
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This Chart indicates the average temperature per month in Calabria and the average
hours of sunshine perday during the months.


Photo Parco dei Principi Hotel
Photo Parco dei Principi Hotel
There are many beautiful places to stay in Calabria and many beautiful things to go and see such as the five star Parco Dei Principi Hotel, and there is also a small town called Scylla which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1908, the ruins of a castle and the rest of the town remain to be admired by visiting tourists.


Scylla is also a name for mythical creature which lives in the straight of Messina
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